Research

Themes

We are particularly interested in a wide range of dynamic aspects (both synchronic and diachronic) of speech and language, including but not limited to:

• The kinematics of speech articulation

• Acoustic characteristics of the fluid speech signal

• Co-speech body gestures

• On-line processing of speech and language

• Adaptation to speech perturbation

• How and why linguistic sound systems change over time

• Cutting-edge methods and techniques for the analysis and statistical treatment of time-varying speech data

Facilities

The DAAPS Lab conducts most of its research in the recording booths in Chandler House, which include the following research equipment:

• 16-channel NDI Vox-EMA electromagnetic articulography

• Articulate Instruments Micro ultrasound tongue imaging system

• Glottal Enterprises hand-held nasometry

• Video-based computer vision of head and face gestures

• Eyelink 1000 and Tobii TX300 eye tracking

Want more?

For more details of what we're working on, check out the current projects that we are involved with!

Get in touch with Chris if you're interested in working with us!